What are the most overrated & Underrated Universities in your opinion

surrey? lool it's like 4th in the rankings so if anything its overrated

I think the most overrated university, in the universe, has to be UCL.
It even overrates itself by having tonnes of vacancies this year - but doesn't make them available on clearing, only adjustment. Why, except for their own ego, they have this policy I don't know - the extraordinarily rude woman on their 'admissions hotline' couldn't give me any valid reason except for 'because it's UCL', despite me clearly meeting the offer for one of their courses. People call Oxbridge elitist - they don't know about UCL!
Shows how it has zero academic substance whatsoever and is simply an 'institution' with a nice building and 3 letters and people have the illusion that by simply having those 3 letters on their CV, will instantly give them a 'City' job, despite the appalling rent and student satisfaction situation currently.
I wish I had done more research before making them my insurance choice.

I exist too!!

Your answer reeks of pent up angst about not having got in.

This entire thread reeks of it, in fact. On TSR, the most overrated uni will be the uni that rejected the user and the most underrated will be the uni they're at

True - to some extent - I'd rather not dwell on it but I'd like to reiterate that it's because their adjustment and no clearing policy (despite meeting the grades) is what really got on my nerves... Let's just leave it there.

I always wondered why Warwick got so much hate on TSR in general lately than it probably deserves, I'm sure your theory will be correct.

From what I recall, don't a lot of other universities like St Andrews and Bath have the same policy as UCL?

Middlesex - Mostly comprised of turkish people, roadmen or people from poorer backgrounds. Although one of my old maths teachers went there and he is among the smartest people I've ever met.

Kings - full of people who couldn't get into UCL.

UCL - 2 categories. One is the people doing humanities who couldn't go to unis outside of London. Either from their own will or (most likely) from their parents. Another is the people doing STEM who couldn't get into Imperial.

Imperial - Genuine world class university.

Greenwich - also full of people whose parents were strict and didn't allow them to go to unis outside of London. Similar to Kings except in this case they aren't as high achieving. (happened to about 5 people from my school).

Queen marys - It's located in mile end. Isn't even rated that highly in the first place. That being said, their dentistry department is really good.

LSE - overrated isn't the correct term. Purely as a place to learn and get opportunities, it's as great as advertised. It's only criticized because it's one of the worst in the U.K socially.

Outside of London: Exeter is overrated. Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff are underrated.

The league tables don't lie

LOL, mate don't deceive yourself because you were two UMS points of your KCL offer and they rejected you but accepted me, NONE of those universities mentioned above, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham can hold a candle towards KCL.

Keep telling yourself that.

Are lancaster and loughborough also better than UCL?

Jesus christ. I can't tell what's more hilarious. The fact that my guess about you being a butthurt Kings applicant was actually true. Or that you think KCL is better than Manchester, Cardiff or Birmingham. Kings doesn't even offer half the courses they do.

Anyway there's no use continuing here. I see why you've been sucking off kings and giving it unwarranted praise now. Good lord

I don't think he knows what hes talking about lol. Nearly everyone in the thread have disagreed with him but he wants to keep deluding himself. I think he's white knighting for KCL because he missed his UCL offer and has to go there instead. Now he's going at LSE despite it being better at KCL at literally every course it has to offer lol

.And FYI, KCL is miles ahead of any of those Universities, especially a trash Universities Cardiff LMAO.

Just because LSE offer like 3 A*A*A* courses doesn't mean they are better than King's college London.

I disagree with Cardiff too. That's way too far (and a bit insulting). But there's about 20 unis I'd take over KCL. Manchester and Birmingham definitely included. I genuinely think you're the only one here who thinks KCL is "miles ahead" of them. And I'm assuming you only think that because you have an offer from there.

Ironically, with KCL and UCL it isn't even the people who attend the unis that big them up. The majority of them will acknowledge that while they're good unis, they aren't what the internet and papers make them out to be. Especially for STEM subjects at UCL. It's the aspiring students who haven't yet experienced life attending there who **** them off. I'd advise you to revisit this thread in about 3 months time and see if your opinions have changed.

Lastly, no one on TSR will take you seriously if you keep comparing KCL to LSE. Please just drop it to save further embarrassment.

Just check out the International league tables, there is a reason why KCL is ranked 19th in the world and far far ahead of Manchester and Birmingham, i doubt that Cardiff even make the top 100.

And Yes KCL is comparable with LSE, and even people who don't attend the Uni will tell you the same thing

And Yes KCL is comparable with LSE, and even people who don't attend the Uni will tell you the same thing

Ok abort thread lads. Claiming KCL is better than Manchester or Birmingham is dumb enough as it is. Especially taking into account student life and accomodation.

But with that quote I think we can safely say that this OP is a troll. No other explanation.

I disagree with Cardiff too. That's way too far (and a bit insulting). But there's about 20 unis I'd take over KCL. Manchester and Birmingham definitely included. I genuinely think you're the only one here who thinks KCL is "miles ahead" of them. And I'm assuming you only think that because you have an offer from there.

Ironically, with KCL and UCL it isn't even the people who attend the unis that big them up. The majority of them will acknowledge that while they're good unis, they aren't what the internet and papers make them out to be. Especially for STEM subjects at UCL. It's the aspiring students who haven't yet experienced life attending there who think those unis are better than they really are. I'd advise you to revisit this thread in about 3 months time and see if your opinions have changed.

Lastly, no one on TSR will take you seriously if you keep comparing KCL to LSE. Please just drop it to save further embarrassment.

LOL, mate don't deceive yourself because you were two UMS points of your KCL offer and they rejected you but accepted me, NONE of those universities mentioned above, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham can hold a candle towards KCL.

Golden triangle, elite russell group uni, 19th in the world, largest library in London, a star studded alumni, top 5 Uni's in terms of Government funding and top 7 Uni's in terms of research quality.

And I thought I was a bit arrogant because I got into Oxford with my triple A* results. I think KCL is overrated, if I just look at the people who got in from my college, LOL. People who missed their offer by 2 grades, people with BCC at AS... so prestigious, right?
KCL is not the top of the world, it's good, but it isn't among the best ones, 'mate'.